Door-curtain-operating-rod arrangement.



J. CRAWFORD. DOOR CURTAIN OPERATING ROD ARRANGEMENT. APPLICATION FILEDMAR. 29. um.

1,287,897. Patented De0.1?, 1918.

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Application filed March 29. 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

it known that I, Jsnrrs Qmwronn, a citizen .ofthe United States ofAmerica, re-' siding at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Curtain-OperatingRod Arrangements, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to door curtain op crating-rods and refers moreparticularly to a new and improved arrangement of operating-rod for thebody top do r curtain of automobiles or the like.

In'automobile construction it. is desirable to provide some meanswhereby when the storm curtains are .in use the top door curtain can beso supported and operated that it will open and close with the permanentdoor. It is among the objects of the present invention to provide animproved operatingrod arrangement of this general character andmore'particularly to provide an im-- proved and simplified constructionwhich can .be economically -manufactured and applied and will present aneat appearance.

Other objects of the invention are to so construct and arrange thecurtain operatingrod that it can be formed from a single piece of ironpreferably return-bent upon itself; to provide aconstruction which canbe removably attached to the permanent door without the use of unsightlybrackets 01: other similar fastening devices; to utilize the spring ofthe metal or other friction or automatic lock for retaining the dooroperating rod in positionyand in general to provide an improved andsimplified construction of rod which can be readily attached to orremovedfrom the permanent door for operating the body top door curtainin unison with the permanent door.

In the-drawings:

Figure 1 is a. side elevational view of an automobile showing the doorcurtain operating-rod arrangement in use;

F'g. is an enlarged .vertical section through the door showing themanner of :1. umting the rod in the ermanent door;

Fig. 3 is a similar V ew taken at right angles to Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the permanent door showing the seat for thecurtain ir-mi ing-rod 3 Specification of Letters Patent.

rear doors B and metal at the lower end apart there will be sufficientfrictional en- Patented Dec. 1?, 1918. Serial No. 158,296.

Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the manner of attaching the rod to thecurtain;

ing. 6 is a cross section on the lineae-m of Fig. 5.

Describing first in detail the general embodiment'of my invention shownin the drawings, A. designates the body of the automobile, which body isof the open type, and shown, is provided with front and 0. It iscustomary with automobiles of this D with side curtains E, and thepresent iii vention is directed to an improved arrange ment for causingone or more of the curtains E to operate with the permanent door so thatin entering or leaving the automobile or other vehicle, back when thelower door is opened.

.The particular curtain operating-rod arrangement shown in the drawingscomprises a rod member F which is return-bent back on itself at G toprovide a loopH, while the n. Y., A coarona'rton or NEW type to providethe top the top curtain is swung free ends of'the rods J and J arespaced i from each other and connected by inclined portions K and K. Therod is'a-lso ofi'set outwardly at- L and preferably inclined from thevertical sufiiciently to compensate for the top than at the door greaterwidth at the portion of the vehicle.

For securing the rod .in' main door of the vehicle, ploy the followingand M are drilled down through the'top o'f the door and fitted abletubing N and N. O secured to the door place upon the I preferably em- Anescutcheon plate by a screw or other securing device 0' is positionedwith its apertures O and O registering with the ends of the tubes N andN. When it is desired to secure the storm curtain E so that it will beoperated in conjunction with the main door,'the curtain operating-rodF'can with brass-or other suitarrangement: Holes M upper be-easilysecured in place by simply pushing Y the free ends J and J N and N.

down into the tubes As there is a tendency of the of the rod to springgagement between the inner surfaces of the tubes and the rods J and J tohold the lat ter rigidly in place. The use of brackets or otherextraneous members is therefore avoided, thus not only producing a ne;appearing arrangement. but one which can be more readily attached anddetached. Also the cost of manufacturing and assemb ing the parts isreduced to a minimum, and the curtain easily attached to the rod. In theparticular construction shown in the drawings, the curtain is providedwith a long pocket Q into which the operating-rod F extends.

To obtain good springing on the forked ends of the rods, they areelectrically welded or otherwise joined together at about the ointmarked B so as to prevent spreading of the two rods at the forked ends.WVhile I have described in detail but one of the curtain operating-rodarrangements, it is, of course, apparent that the same or similarconstruction could be employed on the front door as Well as on the reardoor, and that -various changes in the details of construcrod formed inthe door, the ends of the rods being frictionally held in place by thespringing of the metal. 2. The combination with a door and a curtain, ofmeans for causing the curtain to swing with the door, comprising a rodreturn-bent upon itself and having spaced forked ends, the two'portionsof the rod be-. ing Welded or otherwise joined together to preventspreading at the forked ends, and seats for receiving said ends arrangedto utilize the springing of the metal for frictionally locking the endsof the rod in the seats.

3. The combination with a door and a curtain, .of means for causing thecurtain to swing with the door, comprising a rod having one end formedwith spaced apart portions and seats for said spaced apart portions ofthe rod formed in the door, the

spaced apart portions of the rod being sprung when inserted in the seatsso as to frictionally lock the rod to the door.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES CRAWFORD.

